Green Onion BBQ & Craft Beer Bar — Restaurant in Prachuap Khiri Khan Province

Green Onion had been on my list to try for the past couple of years but we only recently got back to Hua Hin for a weekend. The American founder is gone and the place is now run by the former owner of the Crossbar in Bangkok. It wasn't clear to me which menu items are leftover from the original owner and which items were brought over from the Crossbar, but everything we tried was good. Smoked chicken breast was super juicy and smoky and the BBQ sauce is was glazed with was rich and savory. The Chili was served UK style with rice and tortilla chips; it was thick and hearty but reminded me more of a chili "topping" for Coney Dogs or Nachos rather than an American style stew. The real highlight was the pizza, though, which I would not have expected. The crust was super thin and crispy and the sauce very sweet and tangy. Ironically, it was way better than pizzas we had tried at Italian restaurants around town over the previous few nights. Perhaps the only disappointment was the lack of variety of IPAs and other craft beers, as I had thought craft beer was partly was Green Onion was famous for. The owner explained, however, that he was in the process of restocking after the Covid-shutdown and was unfortunately having some trouble with the local distributors, and I've already contacted some alternative distributors to help him get fully stocked again. He strikes me as a super genuine guys with extensive experience in the F&B industry; thus, I have complete faith that the cooler will be fully stocked with awesome beers on my...

We have walked by several times but this time we decided to stop in for lunch. We both wanted ribs, I ordered a half rack with fries, my girlfriend ordered a half rack with potato salad.

There is a small bar inside with three bar stools, there are enough tables inside to seat an additional 16. Out front there is seating for another 10 or so.

Our ribs arrived, you know how at many places a half rack is more of a snack than a meal? Well that isn't the case here, here you will get about as much meat on a half rack as you do on a full rack at other restaurants. The meat was tender and falling off the bone.

The owner stopped by our table to ask how our ribs were and seemed genuinely pleased when we told him that they were very good. He stopped by again later and was impressed that we were both able to eat all of the ribs, he said many people can not, yes, there is that much meat on them!

Needless to say we were both happy and full...

I decided to take a look at this small bar and have a beer. Brian the owner is a very pleasant friendly guy.

Clearly the business is not doing so well and I decided to try some of the food that he said was so popular. I ordered the BBQ Pulled Pork with Coleslaw and Potato Salad.

The food arrived and first tried a bit of Potato Salad. It was a bit plain and bland to be honest. Same applied to the Coleslaw. The first taste of the Pork was a bit worrying so I mixed a bit of pork with potato salad. This just about 'balanced' the overpowering flavour of the pork.

But as I ate more of the pork with the potato salad and Coleslaw , the flavour of the pork destroyed the whole meal. It was simply totally overloaded with smokey BBQ sauce and the meat might as well have not even been there. It was awful. I could never finish eating it.

Sorry Brian, I can only reflect what I experienced with your...